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Miyakori Coffee is the latest café addition by foot in Johor Bahru. Their first outlet was located at Bukit Indah with cute theme interior design and menu. Congrats on the second outlet expansion and it is located just inside City Square Shopping mall. It’s an ideal location to have crowds coming in from Singapore. Miyakori Coffee is located at level 5 of the mall with a nice clean white furbished design. There are only coffee, tea, pastries and cakes available in this outlet. If you been to the outlet at Bukit Indah, there serves mains there. Read More

Finally I got my hands on Oddies Foodies during my Hong Kong trip on December 2015. Oddies has opened a new branch on Gough Street, Sheung Wan recently and of course I headed to that direction. This new outlet has spacious seating area as compared to their first outlet at Wan Chai. I was there around 12 noon with my cousins and aunt. Surprisingly, there was no customer in the shop. We happily choose our seats and look through the menu to place our order. Read More

I spent few days in JB on the last week of December 2015 and my dad recommended me to Ayam Goreng Dapur Kayu which is a short drive from our home. “Ayam Goreng” is referring to fried chicken in Malay language. What triggers me to post about this place is that the fried chicken here are prepared traditionally with firewood. “Kayu” means wood in Malay language. The stall has been in business for 40 years and currently is taken over by the second generation. Even my parents visited this stall for their fried chicken during the earlier days. Read More

[Updated on 18 January 2016] The Salted Egg Lava Croissants has been receiving good response and currently each customer is only allow to buy 3pieces.

Following the overnight hype for salted egg croissants (流沙牛角面包) in SS2, Petaling Jaya, KL, Johor Bahru has finally got their own version of it!
Seven Oaks Bakery Café expanded their new branch at Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru (JB) about a week ago. The newly open bakery café has a grand ‘palace’ exterior and interior design that attracts the attention in social media, Facebook. It is located just opposite Coffee Signature and easily noticeable with its outstanding look. Read More

I was invited for Hotel Jen Tanglin Singapore’s Jen’s Doodle Party sometime back August this year. Illustrators from the Band of Doodlers drew live portraits on the hoarding with a speech bubble to encourage guests’ participation through penning their thoughts, or adding on to the art piece. And now, Hotel Jen Tanglin (formerly known as Traders hotel) has finally done with the refurbished of their hotel rooms. Read More

Ever since the currency rate is 1: 3 , there is a drastic increase of human traffic daily from Singapore checkpoint to Malaysia checkpoint. Many took the option via public transport CW1, SBS 170 / 160 , 950 etc to cross the causeway. So, other than cafehopping by foot and shopping malls next to JB checkpoint, KSL shopping mall is another option. There is KSL Hotel & Resorts for a weekend staycation. Read More

*UPDATED ON 14 MAY 2018*
Just Want Coffee which is commonly naming JWC is well-known in café scenes in Johor Bahru (JB). Perhaps 8 out of 10 people have been to at least one of their concept cafes. You wouldn’t be surprised as their name is well-established in Singapore and Johor Bahru. If you ask hipsters cafes in JB, JWC café will definitely be in the list. But how many JWC cafes are there in JB? Make a guess! Read More

Have you guys heard about Air Asia Loyalty Programme? If you are a frequent traveller or Air Asia frequent flyer, you will sure come across this programme. Air Asia is a provider of low cost airfare with on-going promotion all-year long. If you love to explore new places with budget travel, Air Asia would be one of your budget airline options. Read More

I was in Johor Bahru (JB) over the weekend and decided to go for food hunt. As I chanced upon this Rainbow rice in Facebook (I know Facebook again!), I decided to give it a try. It is located at Taman Ungku Tun Aminah which is at Skudai area. The shop just located in between a long stretch of shophouses and opened for business on August this year 2015. Read More

Café hopping JB over the weekend and this time I visited Carborn Café located at the new area called Pusat Pendangan Danga Utama. It is actually located at the left side on the new shop houses once you turned in seeing Taman Sutera Signage along the highway. Carborn Café has recently caught my attention in Facebook because of its eye-catching cotton candy instagram-worthy dessert. Read More